I have a friend who has what he calls "floaters" in both eyes that require some type of laser surgery.
The details that I have so far are as follows-
The surgery to correct this is not covered by his insurance, and when he inquired about it at a hospital here in NYC he was quoted a price of $28,000 for each eye.
He then spoke to someone whose mother had the surgery in the DR for $15,000 pesos.
So basically I need information on an eye surgeon who performs this procedure so I can have him either call the doctor or see him/her in person to discuss his options and what the real prices for this procedure are.
He is diabetic and I believe also has cataracts. He is having surgery today to see if they can stop the bleeding he has in one eye, and from what I can gather the blood that has been clotting in his eyes is what is causing the "floaters", so the surgical procedure he needs would be to rid his eyes of these clots if this makes sense.
It doesn't to me but I am hoping that someone out there in DR1 Land can help me out with this. He plans to go to the DR sometime in February so if I can get some useful info to pass along to him he(and I) would appreciate it.
The details that I have so far are as follows-
The surgery to correct this is not covered by his insurance, and when he inquired about it at a hospital here in NYC he was quoted a price of $28,000 for each eye.
He then spoke to someone whose mother had the surgery in the DR for $15,000 pesos.
So basically I need information on an eye surgeon who performs this procedure so I can have him either call the doctor or see him/her in person to discuss his options and what the real prices for this procedure are.
He is diabetic and I believe also has cataracts. He is having surgery today to see if they can stop the bleeding he has in one eye, and from what I can gather the blood that has been clotting in his eyes is what is causing the "floaters", so the surgical procedure he needs would be to rid his eyes of these clots if this makes sense.
It doesn't to me but I am hoping that someone out there in DR1 Land can help me out with this. He plans to go to the DR sometime in February so if I can get some useful info to pass along to him he(and I) would appreciate it.